The Silver and Gold Mining Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.17472, -113.79833
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Silver and Gold Mining Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver and Gold Mining Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Faults Of Small Displacement
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching Of Limestone
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IN 1927 ASSAYS AVERAGED $10 IN GOLD AND 302/TON OF SILVER
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Iron
Ore: Lead
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OTHER FISSURES TREND N70W (VERTICAL) AND IN ANOTHER DIPS 55-65 DEGREES W (TREND UNKNOWN)
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL PITS, SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PP. 177, P. 143
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., AND H.M. MESSENGER III., 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 143
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 143
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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